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Allan Octavian Hume

1829 - 1912

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Allan Octavian Hume, CB ICS (4 June 1829 – 31 July 1912) was a British political reformer, ornithologist, civil servant and botanist who worked in British India and was the founding spirit and key founder of the Indian National Congress. He was a proponent of Indian self-rule and strongly supported the idea of Indian independence. He supported the idea of self-governance by Indians. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Allan Octavian Hume has received more than 1,355,539 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Allan Octavian Hume is the 281st most popular social activist (up from 289th in 2019), the 1,826th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,058th in 2019) and the 17th most popular British Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Allan Octavian Hume ranks 281 out of 840. Before him are Paul Watson, Mahadev Govind Ranade, Melchora Aquino, Leymah Gbowee, Gustave Moynier, and Lalla Fatma N'Soumer. After him are Coretta Scott King, Christabel Pankhurst, Mentor of Rhodes, Jesse Jackson, Cho Man-sik, and David Frankfurter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, Allan Octavian Hume ranks 33. Before him are Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail, Ludvig Lorenz, Joaquin Murrieta, Robert Nobel, Elwin Bruno Christoffel, and Franz Reuleaux. After him are Konrad Duden, Jean-Jacques Henner, Moritz Cantor, Ignacio Zaragoza, Laura Bridgman, and Graziadio Isaia Ascoli. Among people deceased in 1912, Allan Octavian Hume ranks 57. Before him are Eduard Strasburger, Archibald Gracie IV, Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria, Giovanni Pascoli, James S. Sherman, and George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg. After him are Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal, François-Alphonse Forel, Ernest Duchesne, Édouard Detaille, Ida Straus, and Eloy Alfaro.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Allan Octavian Hume ranks 1,826 out of 8,785. Before him are Ronnie O'Sullivan (1975), Christopher Priest (1943), Matthew Paris (1200), Leo Genn (1905), John Wetton (1949), and Andrew Irvine (1902). After him are Thomas Beecham (1879), William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729), Adam Sedgwick (1785), Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (1984), Terry Venables (1943), and Margaret Douglas (1515).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Allan Octavian Hume ranks 17. Before him are Max Mosley (1940), Sylvia Pankhurst (1882), Kate Sheppard (1848), Eglantyne Jebb (1876), Cassivellaunus (-100), and Wat Tyler (1341). After him are Christabel Pankhurst (1880), Millicent Fawcett (1847), Unity Mitford (1914), Charles Boycott (1832), Robert Catesby (1573), and James Guillaume (1844).

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